(December 28, 2012 at 1:38 pm)Chuck Wrote:(December 27, 2012 at 12:41 pm)Minimalist Wrote: OoA as a theory in itself includes a lot of assumptions, some of which, have been dismissed by recent studies...such as the no interbreeding between HSS and HNS.
On the contrary, the very same genetic evidence which contradicts these assumptions provides nothing short of conclusive proof the central core of OoA - That modern humans trace their genetic heritage overwhelmingly to very few African Homo Sapiens leaving Africa within a very narrow window in time. That the quibble should be based on the "overwhelming" being a measely 96% instead of 100.0000% tells just how petty the objections really are.
But it was their theory, Chuck. And the reason they insisted on it was that they wanted HNS and HSS to be separate species incapable of interbreeding.
At this point it is back to the drawing board.
